Location: Erie, Pennsylvania The numbers at Mercyhurst are way off. Just look at their tuition, which adds up to nearly $180,000 for a four-year degree.
That may not seem awful in the long run – until you find out that after graduation, most alumni are making somewhere around $41,000.
Wilson College
Location: Chambersburg, Pennsylvania Wilson College has been around for 150 years, which may seem like a good thing.
That is until you consider the kind of money the students are spending versus what they’re getting in return -$86,000.
Maryville State University
Location: Maryville, North Dakota
Well, after seeing graduation rates as low as 8%, Maryville State’s 40.6% seems pretty great, actually. But it’s not, so don’t let the comparison between a bad, bad school and a “meh” bad school fool you. Unless you’re okay with meh, in which case you should be prepared to take on around $27,000 in debt and earn a median salary of nearly $40,000.
Although, some median salaries on this list are between $15,000-$20,000 less – so you could definitely do worse than this school in North Dakota.
Denison University
Location: Granville, Ohio Ten years after students first start their programs at Denison University in Ohio, they can only look forward to a salary of around $48,800.
Pair that with the $51,000 annual cost to attend and it doesn’t seem like education at this school is the best investment.
Wells College
Location: Aurora, New York What is going on at Wells College that makes their graduate's annual wages so much lower than the amount they charge students every year? The average salary for grads ten years after entry is just $35, 100, while tuition is over $40,000.
Perhaps that’s why only 58% of attendees complete their programs at this school.